Book 2 : She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement

Chapter 28

Chapter 694: Mommy, Save It!

It was Cherry’s voice.

Justin rushed over fiercely and opened the door. Cherry rushed in anxiously and pulled Nora downstairs. Her voice was filled with tears. “Mommy, hurry up and see Butterscotch. Butterscotch can’t take it anymore!”

Butterscotch?

Nora frowned and suddenly realized something. She hurriedly went downstairs in front of Cherry.

As soon as she came downstairs, the butler walked over. “Xander and Butterscotch are in the lounge. I was afraid of causing a panic, so I asked the security to move them over.”

Nora nodded at the butler.

This was Justin’s butler. He was good at handling matters and had always been very polite to her.

Hearing this, Nora rushed to the lounge again. Just as she entered, she heard Pete’s voice. “My mommy is also your mommy. She’s a doctor. She will definitely be able to treat Butterscotch. Don’t worry.”

Princess Lucy was also standing beside them, looking at them with wide eyes and fear.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Pete and Princess Lucy turned to look at Nora. Pete’s eyes lit up. He rushed over and held Nora’s hand. He pointed at the dog in the cage in the corner and said, “Mommy, hurry up and save Butterscotch.”

Nora walked over and realized that Butterscotch was lying in the cage. It seemed to have no strength at all. It lay on its side with its legs straightened. However, its eyes were wide open as it looked at Xander. Its pupils had already begun to expand, and it was obvious that there was no treatment possible.

Nora’s heart sank. She turned to look at Xander and saw that he was extremely calm. His little face was tense as he squatted beside Butterscotch and stared at him. He held a small knife in his hand.

When she saw that knife, Nora’s pupils constricted. She asked directly, “Xander, what are you doing?”

Xander was still staring at Butterscotch as he said stubbornly, “Butterscotch’s heart can’t take it anymore. Fluffy’s body isn’t good, but its heart is still alive. I want to exchange Fluffy’s heart for Butterscotch’s… That way, both of them would be alive…”

Any child would definitely panic upon hearing such words.

However, at this moment, Nora only felt her heart slowly getting stifled.

In the past, she had always thought that Xander was a mischievous child who was just ruthless. When the security officer had collected his DNA samples, Xander had even bitten him.

Later on, he was always acting stubborn. Whatever Justin asked him, or whatever Nora asked him, he would not answer.

Last time, he was framed as an outsider and had taken Pete away. Until he returned, he had not explained a word.

During that time, Justin tried to talk to him many times, but he was stopped by Nora.

It was only when Pete woke up and told the truth that Justin could let go of the knot in his heart.

Nora thought of how he looked when she took the DNA test report and walked to the VIP lounge upstairs to hand the report to him.

After he pretended to be mature and finished reading the report, he stood up and looked at the butler to simply say, “Yes, I can change now.”

He did not say anything and only glanced at Justin and Nora proudly. Then, he said, “You can prove that you’re my parents now, but this is only written evidence. I haven’t acknowledged you in my heart yet. You still have to work hard, understand?”

Therefore, he had never called her Mom and Dad.

This was how Xander was. He was a strange, eccentric, and domineering child. At this moment, he was holding a knife and quietly saying that he wanted to replace Butterscotch’s heart.

Over the years, although Nora had saved many people, it was inevitable that she experienced life and death in the hospital. She had a calm personality and did not care about many things.

But at this moment, her eyes were gradually turning red.

Even though Xander had grown up in a bad environment, he still remained true to himself.

She said, “Xander, it’s useless. Its body will reject the new heart.”

“How could that be?”

Xander frowned. “Aren’t they all hearts? How can you be so sure?!”

With that, he extended his hand again and wanted to open the cage. “Open the cage quickly. I want to save Butterscotch! It’ll be too late!”

“Woof.”

Butterscotch suddenly let out a weak bark. The bark made Xander’s body stiffen. Then, he suddenly turned to look at Nora. “Aren’t the Smith's and Hunt's very powerful? Hurry up and call the doctor Anti to treat Butterscotch! Anti can save Butterscotch! Quickly call her over. If she doesn’t come, kill her!”

Xander’s eyes were filled with madness.

Looking at his heartbreaking appearance, Nora reached out and pressed his head. “Xander, I’m Anti.”

I am Anti.

These words caused Xander’s body to stiffen.

He pushed Nora away and stared at her in shock. “You’re Anti… Mommy, hurry up and save Butterscotch!”

The first time he called Nora Mommy, he was asking her to do something that she could not.

However, Nora knew that if she did not do something now, Xander would probably go crazy.

She took a deep breath and nodded. “Okay.”

Then, she took out her phone and called Lily.

Lily’s voice was hoarse. “Boss, I’d just fallen asleep…”

She had done the DNA tests without sleeping for several days. She did not even attend the children’s birthday party and had fallen asleep.

Only two hours had passed!

Before she could finish complaining, she heard Nora say, “Come to the Hunt's immediately and assist me in a heart transplant surgery!”

“OK.”

Chapter 695: Three Months

Before Lily could rush over, the tables in the waiting room had already been gathered. All the medical equipment at the Hunts’ had been transported in under Justin’s guidance.

When Lily rushed over, she hurriedly changed her clothes and put on surgical gloves to assist Nora in the surgery. When she saw the dog on the operating table, Lily was stunned. She hesitated and asked, “Boss, why are you operating on a dead…”

Before she could finish saying the words ‘dead dog’, Nora suddenly shot her a look. That glance contained a warning, causing Lily to instantly shut her mouth.

Only then did she realize that the others in the room had been chased out. Except for a child standing in a corner.

He stood there silently with a knife in his hand and did not move at all. His eyes were fixed on the operating table.

He was not afraid of such a bloody scene at all.

Only then did Lily realize that something was wrong. Therefore, she cooperated with Nora prepared to replace Butterscotch’s heart.

Nora stared at the dog. Butterscotch was already dead.

When Nora came to see it, she realized that its heart had already stopped beating.

This was also the first patient who had died in front of her in Nora’s medical career.

But she was still acting.

No, not for show.

Nora was actually dissecting Butterscotch.

These words were cruel. Butterscotch was Xander’s friend. Xander would never allow it to be treated like this, but Nora had to do it.

That was because she wanted to observe the power of the gene serum through Butterscotch!

Xander had been injected with a gene serum. This was definitely the most important thing for her. Her mother had not left anything behind. She had long investigated this.

There was nothing in the company she had left behind, either… or she had not realized it yet.

She couldn’t just pin all her hope on her mother. She had to research it herself!

When she saw Butterscotch’s heart filled with cracks, her heart shrunk. The power of that mysterious gene serum was too great.

In Butterscotch’s body, only its heart was ruptured. The rest of its body was more developed than an ordinary dog.

Furthermore, this dog’s brain development was very good. The current Butterscotch had the intelligence of a three-year-old child. The gene serum was indeed powerful!

Two hours later, Xander covered Butterscotch with a white sheet.

He finally admitted that Butterscotch was dead.

He looked at Butterscotch in a daze but did not cry. He only said, “So, even a heart transplant was useless!”

With that, the child lowered his head, as if he felt guilty for his ignorant thoughts.

He looked at Butterscotch’s corpse and then at Nora. For the first time, he made his own request. “Can we… not eat Butterscotch?”

Nora was taken aback.

Xander sighed. “The friends who died in the past had all been eaten.”

He still remembered Butterscotch’s mother, who was also a fierce big dog. After it was taken away by the two bodyguards to be dissected, the two of them had boasted it in front of him, “Dog meat is really delicious!”

Therefore, after his little animals died, he would force himself to eat them.

In that case, those friends’ corpses would not be treated so cruelly.

But now, he did not want to eat it anymore.

Would his new parents agree?

While Xander was a little perturbed, Nora held his chin up and touched his head.

Half an hour later, a pit was dug out on the ground in the Hunts’ back garden. Butterscotch’s corpse was placed in a glass coffin Justin had bought and slowly lowered underground. Then, the man handed a shovel to Xander. “Let him rest in peace!”

For the first time, Xander realized that his dead friend could be buried in peace!

His eyes turned red.

He finally felt the warmth of this house.

After Butterscotch was buried, Xander was still sick. The child was a little feverish and was talking nonsense in his sleep.

“Butterscotch, don’t worry. I’ll treat you.”

“Fluffy, don’t be afraid. I don’t have to eat you anymore. Actually, rabbit meat is very bad.”

Cherry looked at him with her chin propped up and sighed silently.

Pete also frowned. “Dad, shouldn’t Xander’s name be changed?”

Hearing this, Justin glanced at Nora.

After Cherry returned to the Hunt's, he had not changed her name. The name “Cheryl Smith” was very pleasant to hear. Besides, he did not think that there would be anything between their surnames.

As for Xander… Justin had already found a few names for him. Since the child had grown old enough, Justin wanted him to choose for himself once he was awake.

Nora did not care about this, but her heart ached for Xander.

At this moment, her phone suddenly rang. It was a message from Trueman.

“Looking at the time, Butterscotch’s V15 should have expired. It died without the V16, right? Do you want Xander to die too?”

“Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. Xander’s injected genes were to modify his brain, so if he dies, it won’t be because of his heart. It’s useless for you to transplant his heart. You have to change his brain, but as everyone knows, there have yet to be any successful cases of brain transplants. Besides, are you really going to replace his brain?”

“Since Xander is still a child he would only have about three months after taking the V15. Therefore, you only have three months, just like me.”

Chapter 696: Clues

Three months…

This was indeed Trueman’s real goal.

Nora stared at the V15 serum in her hand. At this moment, she was contemplating whether to inject it into Xander.

If she did not inject it, he would die in ten days. If she injected it, he would be in control of the drug.

Nora lowered her eyes.

Justin walked out and held her shoulder. “Xander’s fever has subsided. Don’t worry.”

With Nora around, even if Xander had a fever, he would not have any problems.

Nora nodded.

At this moment, the butler suddenly walked over. He looked at the two of them and fell silent. For a moment, he did not know how to report.

Nora asked, “What’s wrong?”

The butler sighed. “There’s a cat among Xander’s pets. Seems like it wouldn’t make it.”

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Nora went to the room downstairs. Mrs. Hunt liked raising pets, so there were people at home who knew how to raise pets. They took good care of Xander’s ten-plus pets.

The other pets were very energetic, but they were clearly a little afraid. They huddled in a corner, but one of the cats was lying on the ground listlessly. Its eyelids were drooping, and it was obvious that it would not survive.

Nora glanced at it.

Her phone rang again. It was Trueman. “Oh, and Tiger. It seems like Tiger won’t be able to make it past two days. Those pets have been injected with V15. They’re only short of V16.”

Nora clenched her jaw.

Justin narrowed his eyes. “He only wants us to watch the animals die one by one, but there’s nothing we can do. We need to find V16!”

Trueman’s methods were really cruel.

He knew that the two of them were not people who could be easily manipulated, which was why he had made this decision. Perhaps the two of them did not believe that Xander would die. When they were searching for the V16 Yvette had left behind, they had not put in enough effort. Perhaps they would not realize the severity of the matter until Xander suddenly died.

Therefore, he had sent Xander’s friends over with good intentions on the surface to make the child happy. However, his real goal was to let the two of them witness their deaths one by one to increase their urgency.

Yes, that was right.

A sense of urgency.

Nora felt very anxious at this moment.

Although she was very good at medicine and had a certain status in biological engineering, it still took time for her to grasp new things.

Furthermore, the mysterious organization had worked hard for so many years and no one had been able to develop V16. This meant that V16 might not be something that she could easily develop alone.

Nora suddenly turned around and walked out.

Justin followed behind her, but she stopped him. “Stay here and take care of Xander. I’ll be right back.”

The woman who had always been sleepy did not have time to sleep now. Although Justin wanted to follow her, he knew that if he did not stay by the three children’s side, Nora might not be able to feel at ease, either. Therefore, he stopped in his tracks.

He stared at the woman’s back and lowered his eyes.

His eyes were dark as he clenched his fists tightly.

Nora went straight to the hospital and found Charles’s ward.

Charles had already fallen asleep. He was woken up by the noise and looked at Nora in front of him in shock.

Nora asked, “You stopped me and didn’t want me to know about the triplets. I understand now.”

When Charles heard this, he instantly sat up.

He stared at Nora and said carefully, “Miss…”

“What is the V16? Do you not want me to look for the formula my mother had left behind?”

When Charles heard this, he instantly sighed. “Miss Nora, once the V16 appears, it will definitely cause widespread panic in the world. If the serum is perfected and humans are able to acquire flawless genetics, do you think humanity would survive?”

Nora thought of the few people who had injected gene serum in the martial arts arena.

They were really powerful. If that kind of serum was mass-produced and had no side effects, wouldn’t future humans be able to create several powerful armies?

Thinking about it, it was indeed terrifying.

However, she could not care less about this.

She said, “I know the truth now. I don’t have time to care about what you’re saying. I can find V16 and save Xander before destroying it!”

When Charles heard this, he knew that it was hopeless for him to stop her. He took a deep breath and said, “But V16 is not that easy to find. The mysterious organization has been searching for 25 years for the thing, but there are still no clues. It means that this thing is really very well hidden.”

“No matter how well hidden it is, there must be traces.”

Nora stared at him and said, “You must have a clue.”

Otherwise, the mysterious organization would not have spared him. Charles had betrayed Yvette many years ago, and the mysterious organization had squeezed him dry of all his value but had not killed him. This meant that there was a need for this person to live.

To Trueman, the only value of Charles’s life was that he could provide some clues to find V16.

Therefore, Nora was certain that Charles had a clue.

When Charles heard this, he instantly shut his mouth as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Nora sat opposite him. “At this point, there’s no longer a need to hide. Tell me.”

Author's Note

hi guys I know everyone wants an update but a typhoon has hit where I'm at so I can only post this chapter for now. my place has no power or water so we're making due with what we got. and my internet is coming and going right now. we're currently on COR1.and we haven't been given the all clear as the weather conditions here is still dire. and I gotta ado home repairs from all the debris that has come on also my place is flooded. but the good news is all my dogs are safe as is my family. my dogs I was more worried about since I couldn't bring them with us when we left finally got home and they are all safe it's a miracle but my place was damaged.